The return trip did not take much rest, more than 200 miles, and only took more than a day.

However, as soon as he arrived at Yanziling, the urgent report arrived, the Liao lord led the army south, after making sure that it was not a trick to lure the enemy, and the Liao lord stormed Bazhou Kecheng and went south to Shenzhou, Lu Ping had already led the palace in front of the palace and the second army of the Beijing garrison out of Juyongguan.

Lu Ning's first thought, Yelu Gong Sage is crazy.

However, this guy has always been reckless, after the sleeping king ascended the throne, he was quite kind to the second brother and entrusted him with national politics, but this guy was pushed by the people around him to rebel, and after the defeat, the sleeping king demoted him to the northwest border, until the sleeping king was murdered, and was supported as the emperor by the ministers.

Nowadays, Youzhou is in the situation of being attacked from both sides, but the Qi army is not moving, the Khitan army gathers in Youzhou, naturally it can't afford to consume, Yelu Gong Sage simply went south to break the Qi army in Hebei, and its goal is even more clear.

As long as Shenzhou can be broken through, the Hebei Qi army is afraid that it will be chaotic without a fight, and if the grain route of the Hebei army is cut off, if you want to come to the Hebei Qi army, you can't hold out for long.

In Youzhou, it naturally left enough defensive troops, and the Khitan departments in the northern region were also constantly rushing to Hebei to help.

Ben came to Yanziling, Lu Ning still wanted to rest for a day or two and chat with Xiao Zhifan, so he naturally immediately led the Yulin guards and galloped to Juyong Pass.

The outbreak of a major war often comes so suddenly.

Along the way, Lu Ning's heart sank for the first time, not to mention the final victory or defeat of the battle, but I don't know how many soldiers will stain the battlefield with blood in this bloody battle.

Sure enough, as soon as he arrived in Shunzhou, Lu Ning had to stop driving.

Shunzhou is the Weizhou of Youzhou in a sense, and when it comes out of Juyong Pass, it is first necessary to uproot Shunzhou, and Lu Ping's army Mark Shunzhou is extremely smooth, and thousands of soldiers are left to garrison.

However, when Lu Ning arrived in Shunzhou, it happened that the Khitan reinforcements came from the north and attacked Shunzhou like crazy.

Qi Tianzi's golden cover was erected high at the head of Shunzhou City.

The tragic bloody battle began.

The Khitan army attacking Shunzhou was under the jurisdiction of the six academies assembled from Liaodong, the lazy Shilie, the Aokui department and the Huibai Jurchen, with 40,000 or 50,000 soldiers.

In addition to the four departments in the imperial family, the Fifth Yuan Department, the Sixth Yuan Department and the B Chamber Department are the three largest of the 20 Khitan tribes, and they are also the basic plate of the Yelu royal family to rule the Liao army and people, the Te Ao Kui Department is one of the 20 Khitan tribes, which is the tribe set up by the Xi people conquered by the Khitans, and the Hui Jurchen is the most powerful tribe of the Jurchens in the northeast of Shenzhou.

However, although its number is large, except for the Xi people who brought a small number of siege equipment, the rest are almost all accustomed to fighting with people on horseback.

Even so, the battle was fierce.

After more than ten days of bloody battles, Qi Di Erlang, who gathered under the golden command of the Great Emperor, did not know how many crazy attacks of the Khitans were repelled.

The Khitans initially besieged the city on all sides, and killed the corpses and bones under the city, and the siege equipment was burned I don't know how much, and the Khitans had to cut down wood and build temporary wooden ladders.

The casualties in the city were also extremely heavy, but the people in the city spontaneously organized an uprising to help the Holy Son of Heaven defend the city.

In this regard, Lu Ning is also full of emotion, think about history, more than 20 years later, Zhao Guangyi's Northern Expedition, the people of Youzhou City, but to help the Liao people, under the governance of Yeluxian and Empress Dowager Xiao, the Han people of Youyun gradually returned to the Northern Liao, but now, obviously, in the eyes of the people, the Khitan people still often rob and bully their Hulu, who are invaders.

Nowadays, how can the people have the concept of a country and a nation? Whoever is good to them, they will help.

The golden cover was already stained with blood, and just after repelling another wave of Khitan attacks, Lu Ning stood under the cover, quietly looking at the roaring alien warriors who retreated in the distance.

The other party's momentum has been discharged, but he is also tied here, and he can't get out for a while.

In fact, in a series of bloody battles, Lu Ning felt so tired for the first time, he wanted to lie on the ground and gasp for breath, but he couldn't do this, how many sons, it was because they saw him, like iron, forever towering in their sight, that they were full of incomparable confidence and belief in victory, so that they could fight bravely to kill the enemy with one as ten.

Out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a seven or eight-year-old girl who wanted to walk towards him, but was stopped by the soldiers, and was reprimanded by a middle-aged man who looked like her father.

The girl was holding a small lump of dry food in her hand, and now on the city wall, many people were coming up, helping the soldiers to tie up their wounds, bring water and food, and many men, carrying the demolished roof beams, bricks and stones, etc., to help defend the city, and they all knew that once the city was broken, it would inevitably be slaughtered by those hungry wolves.

Lu Ning smiled and beckoned to the girl, and the soldier let her go, but the girl was a little afraid to approach.

Lu Ning smiled: "What's wrong?" Something to say to me? ”

The girl looked at her toes and whispered: "I, I just want to ask, is Grandpa Tianzi hungry, Daddy said that Grandpa Tianzi is the Emperor of Heaven, it is King Kong, and I don't have that blessing, and if I talk to Grandpa Tianzi, I will live a short life......"

Lu Ning laughed and pointed to the water bladder and dry food under his feet, "I will naturally be thirsty and hungry." ”

The girl said "ah", lowered her head, walked over timidly, put the rice ball at Lu Ning's feet, and whispered: "Grandpa Tianzi kills more bad people, my mother is the ...... who was killed by them" As she spoke, tears fell.

The man not far away, stunned, never thought that his daughter still had such thoughts, ordinary adults discussed, and thought that she couldn't understand it at all, but she didn't want to, it turned out that she was buried in her heart, knowing that it was useless to talk to people, she could only cry behind her back, her incompetent father, her daughter knew, that is, it would only make herself more sad and sad, right?

And now, she has someone to talk to, because this person is so powerful that he can defeat all bad people and punish all bad people.

The man wiped the corners of his eyes, and felt that the blood in his whole body was boiling, and he had already mustered up the courage to come up to help deliver some food and drink, but now, his eyes were fixed on the men who were helping to defend the city, and he also strode over.

Under the cover, Lu Ning looked at this little girl, and didn't know what it was like in his heart, he bowed his head slightly, he wanted to promise to avenge her, but when the words came to the end, he shook his head and said softly: "I promise you that I will restore my homeland and govern it well, so that you can forget these nightmares in the future, live and work in peace and contentment with your relatives, and live happily!" ”

The Yu Linwei and the soldiers next to them were originally filled with righteous indignation when they listened to the girl's words, and they just wanted to kill a few more dogs for this girl and avenge the people who were suffering in the land of clouds, but after listening to the words of the emperor, they were all stunned, their anger gradually disappeared, their hearts were inexplicably soft, and the corners of their eyes were a little sour, but they only felt that their blood was boiling and their fighting spirit was more sufficient.

At this time, on the southern city wall, there was a faint cheer.

The cheers, wave after wave, gradually came.

"Reinforcements have arrived!"

"Reinforcements have arrived!"

In the south, the Khitan soldiers who were resting under the continuous mounds were getting on their horses one after another, and the scouts came to report, and the cavalry of the whole team arrived.

The sound of hooves was like thunder, countless flags fluttering with the words "Hedong" were like thorns, the black armor was heavily ridden in front, and the light was riding behind, and the rolling black stream was like a flood pouring down, instantly submerging the Khitan formation.

In the city, cheers thundered.